WASHINGTON, D.C. (Nov. 3, 2025) – The Morgan State men's basketball team dropped its season opener on the road, falling to Georgetown 87-70 on Monday night inside Capital One Arena. The Bears move to 0-1 to start the 2025-26 campaign, while the Hoyas open their season at 1-0.
OPENING TIP
• KJ Lewis led a trio of Hoyas in double figures with a team-best 14 points on 4-for-7 shooting (57.1%) and a perfect 6-for-6 from the free throw. Lewis also added five rebounds and three steals.
• Malik Mack scored 11 points on three made baskets and a 4-for-5 performance from the free throw line.
• Rob Lawson paced the Bears with a game-high 20 points on 5-for-9 shooting and was a perfect 7-for-7 from the free throw line, with five boards and four assists in 29 minutes off the bench.
• Alfred Worrell Jr. scored 14 points on 4-for-14 shooting and was 2-for-6 from beyond the arc.
• Christian Meeks added 7 points and four rebounds.
• Dallas James led the Bears on the glass with six rebounds.
THE DIFFERENCE
• Morgan State shot 39 percent (23-of-58) from the floor and went 7-of-18 from beyond the arc. Georgetown matched with 39 percent shooting overall, but hit just 4-of-26 from three-point range.
• The Bears converted 71 percent (17-of-24) from the free-throw line, while the Hoyas finished 69 percent (27-of-39).
• Georgetown held a slim 40-37 rebounding advantage, including a 14-11 edge on the offensive glass.
• The Hoyas dominated the paint, outscoring Morgan State 38-22 inside.
• Georgetown forced 16 turnovers, recording 11 steals, while committing only seven turnovers of their own.
• Morgan State jumped out to an early 11-5 lead, but Georgetown responded with a 12-2 run—fueled largely by free throws—as all but five points came from the stripe.
• The teams traded baskets before the Hoyas strung together 11 unanswered points, highlighted by back-to-back buckets from Mack and five from Lewis, to take a 31-21 advantage.
• Georgetown extended its lead to 13 (42-29) before Morgan State closed the half on a 5-0 spurt, trimming the deficit to 42-34 at the break.
• The Hoyas came out energized after halftime, stretching the margin to as many as 29 following a Lewis fastbreak dunk.
• Georgetown maintained control the rest of the way to secure the 87-70 victory.
NOTE THE QUOTE | COACH KEVIN BROADUS
"First, I want to take my hat off to the Georgetown team. It's been a lot of years here, but I think they're back. They play hard, they're scrappy, and the key for them will be staying healthy. I like the pieces Coach Cooley has put together—they have some good things ahead of them."
"Being here during the JT3 (John Thompson III) era, I've seen what this level looks like in the Big East. Games like these matter, but what really counts is when they face the Connecticuts, St. Johns, and Marquettes of the world. I like what they're doing."
"As for us, I told our guys, you have to play a full 40-minute game. In the first 20 minutes, Georgetown might've thought, 'We just beat Kentucky and GW—little old Morgan, we can coast through it.' But we're a scrappy group. In the second half, their talent took over—and let's be real, there are levels to this. They're talented, and that showed over the last 20 minutes. They stepped up when they needed to, and that's the mark of a good team."
UP NEXT
Morgan State will return to action on Thursday, November 6, when it hosts Central Pennsylvania College inside Hill Field House. Tip-off is scheduled for 6 p.m. (EST).
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ABOUT MORGAN
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit www.morgan.edu.
